Snacks : a Canadian food history / Janis Thiessen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thiessen, Janis, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Snack foods--Canada.

Snack foods.

Snack food industry--Canada.

Snack food industry.

Snack food industry--Canada--Employees.

Snack foods--Social aspects--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2017.

Summary:

Through extensive oral history and archival research, Thiessen uncovers the roots of our deep loyalties to different snack foods, what it means to be an independent snack food producer, and the often-quirky ways snacks have been created and marketed.

Contents:

Intro

Introduction

Chapter 1: Old Dutch Potato Chips: A Canadian Company?

Chapter 2: The Changing Chip Industry: Potato Growers and Federated Fine Foods

Chapter 3: Corporate Mythology and Culinary Tourism: Hardbite and Covered Bridge Potato Chips

Chapter 4: Cheezies: A No-Growth Model

Chapter 5: The "Romance" of Chocolate: Paulins, Moirs, and Ganong

Chapter 6: Candy Manufacturers: Surviving in an Anti-sugar World

Chapter 7: Kids Bids Television: Advertising and Child Consumers

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Notes

Bibliography

Illustration credits.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 10, 2018).

ISBN:

9780887555275

0887555276